miko
noun
miko is spelled M-I-K-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Miko, the name). As a noun, miko means “A Shinto shrine maiden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of miko is mikos.
How many letters and syllables are in miko?
| Letters | 4: M-I-K-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is miko?
Miko appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Miko, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce miko?
Miko has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with miko?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as miko.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: komi, moki.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of miko
- mikos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does miko mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Shinto shrine maiden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does miko come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).